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Название книги: Leaf by Niggle
Автор(ы): J.r.r. Tolkien
Жанр: Фэнтези
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was once a little man called Niggle, who had a long journey to make. He did not want to go, in­deed the whole idea was distasteful to him; but he could not get out of it. He knew he would have to start some time, but he did not hurry with his prepara­tions.Niggle was a painter. Not a very successful one, partly because he had many other things to do. Most of these things he thought were a nuisance; but he did them fairly well, when he could not get out of them: which (in his opinion) was far too often. The laws in his country were rather strict. There were other hin­drances, too. For one thing, he was sometimes just idle, and did nothing at all. For another, he was kind-hearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling, losing his temper, and swearing (mostly to himself). All the same, it did land him in a good many odd jobs for his neighbour, Mr. Parish, a man with
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